Dun Borrafiach
Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Dyke (Period Unknown), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Site Name Dun Borrafiach
Classification Cairnfield (Period Unknown), Dyke (Period Unknown), Hut Circle (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Borrafiach Burn
Canmore ID 71411
Site Number NG26SW 2.07
NGR NG 23128 63217
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/71411
- Council Highland
- Parish Duirinish
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (28 June 1990)
NG26SW 2.07 2313 6323.
This hut-circle is situated on a slight terrace on a NE facing slope to the S of Borrafiach Burn; it measures 8.1m in diameter within a bank spread to 2m thick and 0.3m in height. It is slightly terraced into the slope on the S side. Ridging, aligned from NNE-SSW overlies the hut-circle, and one furrow, which bisects the hut-circle, may have obscured the entrance. There are at least seven small cairns in the vicinity, mostly to the NNW, measuring up to 5m in diameter and 0.5m in height, at least one of which is overlain by a furrow. A bank to the W of the hut-circle appears to constrain the ridging and may be contemporary with it. To the S, on a higher terrace, is an intermittent stretch of walling, defined by orthostats protruding from the peat. Probing suggested that the bank was more substantial and continuous under the peat. It could not be traced in an area of peat cutting to the SE of the hut-circle.
(WAT90 629)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 28 June 1990.
